Elis James and John Robins Podcast
1) #470 - Old Man Bum, A Dream A Dream of Beef and Lust: 12 Bodies That Changed My Life
The boys have been busy bees recently and the show’s in danger of turning into a Michael Palin travelogue. Elis has returned from France and regales us with stories of visits to ex-military factories,...Show More
2) #469 - The New Beans, In John’s Time and Eating Margaret Mountford’s Hair
The boys are fresh from driving around the country for charity with Ian Botham, which of course means Elis is exhausted and tour newbie Dave is absolutely fine.And there’s more bad news for Mr James a...Show More
3) #468 - Noble John, Sugar Me Twice and Good Old Gent
The ripples of last week’s Elis James mega-rant are still being felt right across the BBC, and despite vowing to ignore the call to pen John’s obituary, Elis has rowed back and done just that. Brace y...Show More
4) #467 - Chiles Miltree, Toddler Watson and King of the Nerds
There’s a surprise in the offing for John. Not that that’s a surprise to him. Nothing gets past old Sherlock Robins. Especially Producer Dave positioning a phone on a table at a very slight angle.But ...Show More
5) #466 - The UK’s Dumb Plums, The McFlurry Route and The Menutality Monster
Today’s episode is filled with the big questions of our age. These are the things that government top brass are pouring over day in, day out: Is Martin Lewis up there with Galileo and Mozart? Can you ...Show More
6) #465 - Mr Headinhands, Kirsty’s USP and The Stomach Microbiome of My Instagram
Elis made a bad decision the other day. And if you had a million guesses as to what that decision was then you won’t even get close, even when given the clue "Welsh culture". He's insistent it isn’t t...Show More
7) #464 - Aloof Disinterest, Raised By Rats and A Sixth Form State of Mind
Memory lane is today's destination of choice, as John dons his rose-tinted glasses to reminisce about the time 'an arrangement was made' for him to return to his secondary school to assist in its prod...Show More
8) #463 - The Trifecta of Value, Celya AB and A Bin Bag of Marmite
There’s huge news in the rural Bucks area as the Trifecta of Value begins to take shape - pending planning application rulings. It’s one of many wins for John, but the spectre of the biggest loss in m...Show More
9) #462 - Burger, Sell Me Your Suitcase and Topless Dave In Front of An Olive
John’s been chained to a typewriter diarising his life experiences, and he's so confident about his memoir that he’s written “this is a good book” in Bic on its cover. Something all the great authors ...Show More
10) #461 - Elis, Man City’s Back Four and Will The Drummer From Coldplay
We start in the anecdote Wild West. Specifically it was wild [north] west London for Elis as he’s been to Oasis in credibility damaging seats. The best seats in the house, surrounded by some of the mo...Show More